Fresha Named VivaTech Top 100 Rising Startup as Growth Surges in Service-Based Commerce

New updates have been reported about Fresha.

Fresha has been selected for VivaTech’s 2026 Top 100 Rising European Startups, positioning the AI-driven beauty and wellness booking platform among the continent’s fastest-scaling tech companies. The recognition, made in partnership with investors such as Accel, Eurazeo, HV Capital, Northzone and Partech, underscores Fresha’s strong commercial traction and its status as the only beauty and wellness booking platform on the list.

The company has built a unified operating system that combines marketplace discovery, real-time bookings and embedded payments for service businesses ranging from single-location salons to multi-location enterprises. This model puts Fresha at the center of a broader structural shift in consumer spending, as experiences and services—such as salons, spas and fitness studios—now represent more than half of retail leasing, increasing demand for robust digital infrastructure.

Fresha currently supports more than 140,000 businesses across categories including hair, beauty, barbering, nails, aesthetics, wellness, fitness and spa, and processes over 35 million appointments each month, making it one of the largest global platforms in the sector. Since January 2021, the company has delivered approximately 80% compound annual growth in monetization and partners, far above typical SaaS benchmarks of around 30% and even outperforming many top-tier scale-ups.

The platform operates in 120 countries with a physical presence in more than 30 markets across APAC, North America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, reinforcing its global expansion strategy. Fresha reports an annual revenue run rate exceeding $140 million and year-on-year growth above 60%, indicating continued scaling potential within the global self-care economy.

Founder and CEO William Zeqiri highlighted that Fresha is benefitting from the convergence of discovery, booking and payments into a single connected experience for service-based businesses. He argued that platforms able to unify operations and customer acquisition will define the next generation of service-led commerce, with VivaTech’s recognition validating Fresha’s role as a core operating layer for the sector.

VivaTech’s selection criteria required participating companies to be headquartered in Europe, generate at least €5 million in annual recurring revenue and sustain growth above 40% for three years, placing Fresha in a cohort of Europe’s leading high-performance scale-ups. As part of the Top 100, Fresha will participate in the Rising European Startups Village, meeting investors and strategic partners, which could further support capital access, partnerships and market entry as the company deepens its footprint in the global beauty and wellness market.